CRAIG Lingard has urged Cougars to play with common sense as they aim for revenge at home to York City Knights on Sunday.

York, who became the first side to beat runaway leaders Toronto Wolfpack in League One last week, beat Keighley 25-18 in a feisty encounter at Cougar Park back in June.

Cougars’ Josh Tonks was sent off against his old club, while Knights coach James Ford riled Lingard after citing a number of other Keighley players for foul play to the RFL Match Review Panel.

The Keighley chief admits that has given his side an added incentive to gain another victory in the play-off race after opening the Super Eights by beating Doncaster last Sunday. But he has urged his troops to do it in the right way.

He said: “Our players have got a point to prove against York, certainly after how they reviewed the game and put eight of our players in for disciplinary.

“Our players ideally would love to get one over on York but we’ve got to take that emotion out of the game and play with a bit of common sense.

“We want to play with passion but we’ve got to keep it within the laws of the game and within what we what we want to do in terms of keeping to our game plan and structures.”

Fourth-placed York’s shock win over Toronto keeps them five points clear of Cougars and Lingard believes only the final fifth play-off spot, currently occupied by Doncaster, realistically now remains within reach. And he believes maintaining discipline and minimising errors is crucial if they are to achieve their target.

He said: “One of the messages I have been trying to get over to the players is that repeat sets are massive.

“The majority of tries in rugby league are scored and conceded on the back of a penalty or a repeat set, whether it’s a drop-out or turnover ball.

“That’s one of the stats we put up on the review board after every game – how many repeat sets we’ve had and how many have we completed but likewise, how many repeat sets have we conceded and how many tries have we conceded on the back of those.

“With the pace of the game and the physicality now, it is really difficult to defend set after set.

“Getting discipline right and reducing the repeat sets that you’ve got to defend is huge and has a massive impact on the game.”